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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Miguel is enjoying something

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Speaker 1: most artists never get to experience, a single that's more

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Speaker 1: than a decade old becoming a huge hit. With sure

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Speaker 1: Thing finding a new life, it sanks to TikTok, Miguel

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Speaker 1: revealed to The Evening Standard he actually wrote it for Usher,

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Speaker 1: who passed on the song, but it was surprisingly inspired

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Speaker 1: by a rapper and another one of the biggest artists

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Speaker 1: of that air, Lo Wayne, one of the first mcs

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Speaker 1: to incorporate melody into his verses, most famous with a

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Speaker 1: smash hit Lollipop. Miguel says at the time, around seven

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Speaker 1: and eight, Lo Wayne was having a real moment. He

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Speaker 1: had a style. It was very unique to him. Sure

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Speaker 1: Thing was a very modern approach at the time for

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Speaker 1: R and B, fusing a hip hop approach into the writing.

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Speaker 1: No one wanted to sign me. It didn't make sense

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Speaker 1: to them. I think at the time the industry was

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Speaker 1: looking for a more traditional R and B artist. Miguel

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Speaker 1: was certainly ahead of his time. It's one of the

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Speaker 1: reasons sure Thing it's found a new life over a

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Speaker 1: dozen years later. That's direct from Hollywood